Obituaries
Zelda Orr
Mar 16, 2016
Zelda Agnes Orr, 89, a resident of Frostburg Nursing Home and formerly of Greenbelt, MD, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland. Born on February 17, 1927 in Barton she was the daughter of the late Jesse C. Warnick and Florence Etta (Bittinger) Warnick. She was preceded in death by her husband Drummond Orr in...
Robert "Bob" Kinney
Mar 16, 2016
Robert “Bob” Hobart Kinney, 64, of Big Lane, Midland died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland. Born on February 25, 1952 in Antioch, WV he was the son of the late Harold Kinney and Priscilla Coleman Gracie. He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister, Harold, Ernie, Roy and Carolyn Sue. Bob...
Carl Buskirk
Mar 14, 2016
Carl Edward Buskirk, Sr., 71, of Water Station Run Road, Lonaconing died Monday, March 14, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland. Born on May 18, 1944 in Lonaconing he was the son of the late James Dewey Buskirk and Rose (Elkins) Buskirk. He was preceded in death by two siblings, Mary Jones and Dewey James Buskirk and a...
John Gattens
Mar 13, 2016
John William Gattens, 69, of Laurel Run Road, Barton died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at his residence. Born on August 20, 1946 in Keyser, West Virginia he was the son of the late Elmer Gattens and Mary (Foutz) Gattens. John was a graduate of Valley High School, Lonaconing and a past member of Local 489 Plumbers and Steam Fitters, Cumberland....
Rev. Madeline Cook
Mar 9, 2016
Rawlings, MD Rev. Madeline Eula Cook, 91, of Lakewood Drive, Rawlings and formerly of Six Mile Road, LaVale went to be home with her sweet Jesus on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at her residence. Born on August 1, 1924 in Vindex, Maryland she was the daughter of the late Joseph Smith and Theresa (Wright) Smith. She was preceded in death...
Phyllis Martin
Mar 7, 2016
Phyllis “Bunnie” Vivian Martin, 85, of Stoney Run Road, Westernport died Monday, March 07, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland. Born on May 9, 1930 in Westernport she was the daughter of the late William Miller and Bessie (Clark) Miller. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley Emory Martin on August 12, 1992, two sisters Bonnie...
Dorothy Mcmahon
Mar 6, 2016
Dorothy Elizabeth Meyers McMahon was an extraordinary woman of very strong convictions until the final days of her 86 amazing years. At the young age of just nineteen Dorothy accepted a marriage proposal along with the promise of creating enough children for a ball team. Loving mother of fourteen children, twenty-six grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren Dorothy passed to eternal life at...
Joseph Beeman
Mar 4, 2016
Columbus, OH Joseph Lorraine Beeman, 43, of Columbus, OH died Friday, March 4, 2016 at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH. Born on April 14, 1972 in Frostburg he was the son of the late William Abraham Beeman and Lena Christine (Sgaggero) Beeman. He was preceded in death by a brother, Steven Beeman. Joey worked as a mechanic...
Dorothy Kerns
Feb 28, 2016
Short Gap, WV Dorothy Maxine Kerns, “Gran”, 88, from Short Gap, WV went to be with the lord, Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Western Maryland Health System. Dorothy was born December 17, 1927 in Midland, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Adolph Francis Wagus and Dorothy Mae (Hogamire) Wagus. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Edward...
Patrick Snyder
Feb 25, 2016
Patrick Joseph Snyder, 31, of Spring Street, Frostburg died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland. Born on August 30, 1984 in Cumberland he was the son of Samuel “Joe” Snyder and Linda (Cameron) Snyder. He was preceded in death by his paternal and maternal grandparents, Peter and Helen Snyder and James and Hughlene Cameron. Patrick...
Margaret Fisher
Feb 10, 2016
Margaret Elsie (Durst) Fisher, 93, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Frostburg Village Nursing Home. Margaret was born on January 31, 1923 in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania to Sherman and Ruth Durst. She is the last surviving member of her family, being preceded in death by her parents and two...
Louisa Holsinger
Feb 3, 2016
Louisa W. Holsinger, 97, of Frostburg died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Frostburg Village Nursing Home. Born on May 20, 1918 in Eckhart she was the daughter of the late Henry E. Weisenborne and Louisa R. (Nelson) Weisenborne She was preceded in death by her husband Harold J. Holsinger on February 1, 2013. Louisa was a member of the Frostburg...
Jo Ann Thompson
Jan 26, 2016
Jo Ann Thompson entered heavens gates on January 26, 2016, welcomed with a big party held in her honor by her special friends Clara, Susan and Gertie. She will be solely missed by all her friends and family, whom she leaves behind, who dearly loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents Andrew Floyd and Margarete Thompson and...
Robert Shockey
Jan 14, 2016
Robert Charles Shockey, 33, of Church Street, Lonaconing died Thursday, January 14, 2016. Born on March 14, 1982 he was the son of Randall Lee Shockey and Tammy (Moses) Shockey. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Robert and Jean Shockey and numerous great aunts and uncles. He graduated in 2000 from the Center for Career and Technology...
Robert Mason
Jan 8, 2016
Robert Kenneth Mason, Sr., 88, a lifelong resident of Lonaconing and former resident of Goodwill Mennonite Assisted Living, Grantsville, MD died Friday, January 8, 2016 at Egle Nursing Home, Lonaconing. Born on August 21, 1927 in Lonaconing he was the son of the late John Mason and Emily (McAlpine) Mason. He was preceded in death by his wife, Monica Logsdon...
Stephanie Taylor
Jan 7, 2016
Westernport, MD It is with great sadness that Irma (Colmer) Robertson, Moscow, MD and Ray (Rocky) Taylor, McSherrystown , PA announce the passing of their beautiful daughter, Stephanie Ann Taylor, 33, of Westernport, MD on January 7, 2016. Stephanie was born February 26, 1982 in Cumberland, MD. She was a graduate of Westmar High School, class of 2000. She was employed at...
Marion Tibbetts
Jan 3, 2016
Marion Weber Tibbetts, age 89, went to be with the Lord on Sunday January 3, 2016 at Frostburg Village Nursing Home. She was born on September 26, 1926; the only child of Florence W. and Carl L. Weber, of Lonaconing. She graduated from Central High School in the class of 1944. Her activities include being a member of the girls’...
Robert "Brownie" Brown
Jan 3, 2016
Robert L. “Brownie” Brown, 81, died Sunday, January 3, at Golden Living Center. Born in Lonaconing, Maryland, March 5, 1934, he was the son of the late James and Florence (Kiddy) Brown. He was preceded in death by brothers William (Evelyn), Lloyd (Mabel), James, Pete and Roy (Wanda); sisters Audrey, Josephine, Margaret, Mabel (John), Gladys, and Ruth. He was the...
Margaret Metz
Jan 1, 2016
Margaret Ann (Frizzell) (McGreevy), Metz 91, of Arvada, Colorado, formerly of Lonaconing and Frostburg, passed away on January 1, 2016. Born on May 3, 1924 in Lonaconing, she was the daughter of the late Floyd N. And Margaret A. Frizzell. She graduated from Central High School, class of 1942. Margaret Ann worked at the Celanese following high school until she...
Nikki Nicol
Dec 31, 2015
Nikki Lynn Nicol, 64, of Lonaconing, passed away on December 31, 2015, at home surrounded by her family following her courageous battle with ovarian cancer accompanied by Paraneoplastic Syndrome. We are proud to say that she now stands in the presence of the Lord. It wasn’t an easy path to Heaven, nor is it meant to be. God truly does give us...